Toronto, Ontario
LACs MacKenzie, P.J. Nicholls (RAF), and Pilot Officer W.P. Harris were all killed when Anson aircraft 11532 crashed and burned two miles west of Eden, Manitoba.
Mackenzie, Duncan Cameron (Leading Aircraftman)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-06
Birth Date: 1922-January-02
Born:
Parents: Son of the Revd. Dr. James A. MacKenzie and Margaret E. MacKenzie, of Toronto, Ontario.
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
17 SFTS- Service Flying Training School
Base
Souris, Manitoba, Canada
Rank
Leading Aircraftman
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
U/199219
Prev: U199219
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Anson 11532
Accident Card - Avro Anson Mk. II serial:11532
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-06. Anson II s/n 11532.
This accident involved 3 people. Harris WP, Mackenzie DC, Nicholls PJ
This accident had 3 fatalities. Pilot Officer Wasley Pasmore Harris RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/28300 Anson 11532, Leading Aircraftman Duncan Cameron Mackenzie RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:U/199219 Anson 11532, Leading Aircraftman Peter Jack Nicholls RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1605865 Anson 11532
Unit Desciption
17 SFTS (17 Service Flying Training School)
Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.
There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane
SFTS17 Patch
For More Information on RCAF Station Souris see here
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Souris MB
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RCAF.info - Relief Landing Field Elgin MB
Manitoba Historical Society - 17 SFTS
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